Newsletter
Vol 06/2009 - December 2009
FREELAND helps Thai Police Nab Two Suspected International Ivory Traffickers
The Royal Thai Police announced the arrest of two Thai nationals on November 16 on suspicion of illegally trading African ivory after a tip-off by U.S. authorities. Their capture followed a year-long joint Thai-U.S. investigation supported by FREELAND Foundation and the ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN).
FREELAND and United Nations Expose Environmental Crimes
With the need to bring the problem of environmental crime to public attention, FREELAND joined government and non-governmental organizations to help launch awareness activities running parallel the 8th Asian Regional Partners Forum on Combating Environmental Crime (ARPEC) Meeting (November 17-18) in Bangkok, Thailand.
Sawasdee FREELAND
Latest News
- Feared and Endangered
- Gangs make a killing on the ivory cost
Date: January 31,2010
Source: Bangkok Post
Newspapers have widely reported the public concern with "Sador Kroh", a ritual to exorcise misfortune. According to the Chinese zodiac traditions, people born in certain years, such as the Year of the Monkey, are jinxed as the Monkey, as well as the Tiger, can be problematic.
Thai artisans are involved in an international scam
Date: February 1, 2010
Source: Bangkok Post
Almost two years since a joint Thai-US search for ivory smuggling gangs began, authorities believe the ringleaders are still at large.
